Jar-closure.



No. 728.830. x l PATENTED MAY 26. 190s.

- P. ASTRYKE.

JAR GLUSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, .1902. No MODEL.- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 26, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PETER ASTRYKE, OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN S. BORDNER, OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

JAR-CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,830, dated May 26, 1903.

Application led August 16, 1902.

To a/ZZ whom, it Waag concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER AsTRYKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jar-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to jar-closures, and more particularly to one adapted for use in connection with milk-jars now in common use. These milk-jars are usually closed by means of a fiat paper disk which is inserted into the mouth and held therein by frictional contact. Considerable difficulty. has been experienced in removing this disk from the mouth of the milk bottle or jar, and. various means and devices have been provided for removing the said disk; but, so far as I am aware, all such means and devices have been subject to one objection or another. It is therefore with the object of providing a simple and efficient means which shall not materially add to the cost of the disk that I have devised my present invention.

The invention consists, essentially, in arranging a string or tape beneath the top layer of the disk and passing 'the free end of said string or tape up through an aperture produced in the said upper-layer.

The invention consists also in reinforcing the said aperture, so as to avoid tearing or mutilating said upper layer.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective View of a milk-bottle having a cap applied thereto constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the said cap arranged in the mouth of the bottle or jar. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the said cap. Figs. i and 5 shoT details of construction. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective'view of a cap, showinga different arrangement of the puller. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section of the same. Figs. 7, S, 8, and 9 illustrate further modied forms of pulling loops or strings.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the ordinary milk-bottle, yand B the paper cap or disk, which fits into the mouth thereof. v This Serial No. 119,954. (No model.)

disk is made of paper and comprises two or more layers, as preferred. In the present instance I have shown the disk as composed of two layers-#the upper one, B', and the lower 55 one, B2-and between the said layers B and Bzis secured a string or tape O, the free end of which passes up through a perforation B3, produced in the upper layer, adjacent to the edge of the saine, and in practice I prefer to 6o have the said perforation reinforced by a supplemental layer B4, said reinforcement greatly strengthening the edge of the perforation, and thereby preventing the layer being torn or mutilated at that point whenever a strain is placed upon the string or tape. In opera' tion the disk or cap is fitted into lthe mouth of the bottle by pressing downwardly upon the same in the usual manner, and the said disk or cap is held therein by a frictional 7o contact. When it is desired to remove the said disk or cap, it is only necessary to pull the string or tape and said disk or cap will be lifted out of the mouth of the bottle or jar; but inasmuch as the said pull is exerted at a point adjacent to the edge the disk or cap Will be easily removed, and as the perforation in. the upper layer is reinforced it is obvious that all tearing at that point will be entirely avoided, and vthe pull upon 8o the string will therefore be sufficient to quickly and easily remove the cap without damaging same. It will also be noted that the cord or tape never comes in contact with the contents of the bottle or jar, and, furtherrnore, the said cord or tape being soft and flexible will not injure the hands of the person opening the bottle or jar.v

While I have stated that I prefer to employ a string or tape, I may use wire or wire 9o and cord or tape, as shown in Figs. 6 to 9, inclusive.

In Figs. 6 and 6 I show a pulling-loop O', that is hinged to a Wire or cord c2, that is securely held between the layers of the cap, said pulling-loop projecting through the perforation and reinforcement B4, and is arranged to fold down against the cap, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 6i.

In Fig. 7 the loop C2 is fixed and the: ends Ioo held between the layers of the cap, and in Figs.

8 and 8f I show a combination of cord and wire in which the cord or tape C5 is secured to a wire, which is also held between the layers of the cap, while in Fig. 9 a xed Inetallic loop is employed and in which the ends of the said loop are passed through the reinforcement surrounding the eye and held between the layers of the cap, as clearly shown in dotted lines.

1t will thus be seen that I provide an eX- ceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient construction of jar-closure, which will remedy all of the defects to which the present constructions are subject.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l.v A jar-closure comprising a disk composed of a pluralityof layers, the upper layer being perforated and a string or tape secured between the said layers, one end of said string or tape being passed upward through the perforation.

2. A jar-closure comprising a disk composed of aplurality of layers, the upper layer 4. A jar-closure comprising a disk formed of layers, the upper layer being perforated adjacent one side, the edges of said perforations being reinforced on each side of said disk, and a pull member secured between the layers and projected upward through the reinforced perforation. I PETER ASTRYKE.

Witnesses:

W. H. PHILLIPS,

F. F. MARBURY. 

